Oven shelf



Dec. 30, 1930. F. E. SE'ELEY 1,787,022

OVEN SHELF Filed July 24, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Dec. 30, 19 30. F. E.SEELEY 7 1,787,022

OVEN SHELF Filed July 24, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 gmemtoz Frank}? 5eeZeyPatented Dec. 30, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

. FRANK SEELEY, 91 PORT CHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ABENDROTHBROTHEES, OE PORT CHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK OVENSHELF Application fil ed July 24,

that they can be moved longitudinally of suitable guide devices withinthe oven through adoor controlled opening, but so far as I- am aware,such shelves or slides have not been provided with means which 16 wouldinsure that a broiling pan, for example, would be maintained in asubstantially fixed position on the shelf or slide.

The invention is particularly adapted for use with ovens of gas ranges,but may be, of

course, embodied in ovens of different types.

In the accompanying. drawing:

Figure 1' is a perspective view of a portion of a gas range providedwith an embodiment of. the present invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective viewof the improved shelf and a broiling pandetached.

Figure 3 is' a transverse vertical section through the embodiment of theinvention illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, showing the pan in position onthe slide or shelf.

Figure 4 is a section substantially on the line 4-4 of-Figure 3. Figure5 is a section substantially on the line 55 of Figure 3, and 1 IFigure'6 is a perspective detail of a portion of the improved shelf anda section of an oven guide.

Referring to the drawings, in the several views of which correspondingparts are designated by the same reference characters, the improvedshelf or oven slide comprises a frame including front and rear bars 1,2, respectively, and connecting side bars-3. As shown, this frame may beformed as a unitary structure and the members thereof are preferably ofsubstantially rectangular form in cross section.-

The frame formed of the bars 1, 2 and 3.

is provided with means for suitably engaging guide rails 4, such as arecommonly pro- 1929. Serial No. 380,636. I

vided with range ovens. The invention is not limited to any particularmanner of engaging the shelf frame with the oven supporting guides, but,as shown, a means is provided by which tilting of the shelf frame whenmoved outward through the opening controlled by the oven door 6' will beprevented.

As shown, each of the side members 3 of the shelf or slide frame isprovided on its inner face with an abutment plate 7 and a rail engagingguide member 8. The oven guide rails are preferably spaced slightly fromthe side walls of the oven and provided at both ends with laterally bentsections 4' attached either to the oven walls or to a separately" formedsupporting means ada ted to be inserted within the oven. The a utments 7will cooperate with the bent portions 4' at the forward ends of the ovenguide rails to limit the extent of normal outward movement of the slide.As shown, however, the lower edges of the plate 7 are of cam shape,-orslightly inclined, so that by exerting a slight lifting force on theforward end bar 1, the abutment 7 may be raised above the guide railsections 4; and the shelf or slide entirely withdrawn from the oven.

In normal operation the members 8 will engage the oven guide rails 4 andact to maintain the shelf or slide frame in horizontal position, eventhough it is withdrawn to a considerable degree from the oven.

As shown, the abutment members 7 and oven rail engaging fingers 8 areunited or formed integral and secured to the side bars 3 of the shelf orslide frame by rivets. These parts might, however, be formed integralwith .the frame sidebars or secured thereto by welding, or in any othersuitable manner.

According to the present invention the front and rear bars 1, 2, of theshelf or slide are .connected by rods 10, which are spaced apart'sufliciently to receive between them the body of a broiler pan. Each ofthe members 10 has a considerable portion of its length in a horizontalplane above that ineluding the upper edges of the frame bars, and theseraised portions sup ort the opposite sections of the marginal ange 12,with details shown without which such pans are commonly provided.

V The end frame bars 1, 2, are further connected by a member or members13, which are arranged to extend beneath and support the bottom of thebroiler pan referred to. The ends of the members 10, 13, are connectedto the frame bars 1, 2, by welding or other suitable means, and suchrods not only serve to support the broiler pan as described, but it willbe seen that said members also limit relative horizontal movementbetween the pan and the shelf or slide.

As shown in Figure 3, the pan may have a very limited horizontalmovement in the direction of the length of the front and rear frame bars1, 2, but as the members 10 are above the plane of the slide frame, theside walls of the pan will contact with said members if the pan. ismoved horizontally but slightly. Similarly, the vertically extendingportions of the members 13 act as stops to limit movement of the pan onthe slide frame in the direction of the length of the latter or of thespace separating the front and rear frame bars 1, 2.

The arrangement described permits the slide or shelf and the broiler pansupported thereby to be simultaneously withdrawn bodily from the ovenwithout danger of there being sufiicient relative horizontal movementbetween said parts to disengage them.

The pan can, of course, be readily lifted from the seat-like supportprovided by the frame members 10,13, when the slide. is partiallywithdrawn from the oven, as well as when it is entirely removedtherefrom.

It is believed that the manner of using and advantages of the improvedconstruction will be readily appreciated from the foregoing descriptionand drawings. It is to be understood that the latter are intended toillustrate it merely, and that unless specifically referred to in theappended claims the invention is not to be understood as limited to theexact arrangement illustrated. There can, of course, be considerablevariation-in the departing from the invention.

W What I claim is:

1. An oven shelf comprising a frame including front and rear end bars,and two laterally spaced members connecting' said bars and each having aportion extending above the horizontal plane of the upper edges of thebars, whereby they serve to support a pan and also to limit relativehorizontal movement, in the direction of the length of the end bars,between such pan and the frame.

2. An oven shelf comprising a frame including" front and rear endbars,'two laterally spaced members connecting said bars and each havinga portion extending above the horizontal plane of the upper edges of thebars, whereby they serve to support a 3. An oven shelf comprising aframe including front and rear end bars, two laterally spaced membersconnecting said bars and each having a portion extending above thehorizontal plane of the upper edges of the end bars, whereby they serveto support opposite flanges on a pan and limit relative horizontalmovement, in the direction of the length of said bars, between such panand the frame, and a third member connecting said bars and including adepressed portion adapted to support the bottom of a pan and limitrelative horizontal movement, in the direction'of the length of thespace separating said bars, between the pan and frame.

4. The combination with an oven having interior shelf supporting andguiding means adjacent opposite sides, of a shelf slidably engaged withsaid supporting means and constructed to support a pan with its bottomin a plane below that of the top of the shelf and to limit relativehorizontal movement between itself and said pan in directions bothtransversely and longitudinally of the path of movement of the shelf onthe supporting means.

5. An oven shelf comprising a frame adapted to support a pan so that thebottom thereof is below the plane of the top surface of the side-barsofthe frame and having means for limiting relative horlzontal movement inany direction between the frame and pan supported thereby.

6. .An oven shelf comprising a frame including front and rear end bars,two laterally spaced members connecting said bars, whereby the body'of apan may be positioned between and supported by contact with saidmembers, the latter acting to limit horizontal movement of a pan on theframe in one direction, and means on the frame for limiting horizontalmovement'of the pan on the frame ins direction at right angles to thataforesai 7. A11 oven shelf comprising a frame in cluding front and rearend bars, two laterally spaced members connecting said bars, whereby thebody of a pan may be positioned between and supported by contact withsaid members, the latter acting to limit horizontal movement of a pan onthe frame in the direction of the length of the end bars, and a memberconnecting theend bars of the frame at points between the attachment ofthe aforesaidmembers thereto and adapted to limit horizontal movement ofa pan on the frame in the direction of the length of said connectingmembers.

8. An oven shelf comprising a frame including front and rear bars, and aplurality of members connecting said bars and shaped to support a panwith its bottom in a plane below that of the top of the shelf, saidmembers limiting relative horizontal movement between the frame and a}pan supported thereby.

9. An oven shelf comprising a frame in. cluding front and rear bars, anda member connected at its ends to said bars and provided ,atintermediate points in its length 7 with vertically ofiset portions, thesection of said member between said offsets constituting a support forthe bottom of apan when posltioned on the shelf, and said offsets actingto limit relative horizontal movement between such a pan and the shelftoward the front and rear bars, respectively.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

FRANK E. SEELEY.

